("AUTO" goes off.)

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ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND

Notes:

Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the OSD menu for optimum performance. (For details, refer to "SETTING THE SPEAKER/ROOM EQ SETUP" on page 61.)

When playing digital signals from the Dolby Digital program source or selecting the surround mode such as Dolby Pro Logic II /Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker modes, you can adjust their parameters for optimum surround effect. (For details, refer to "SETTING THE SOUND PARAMETER" on page 69.)

When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as an input source, the surround modes cannot be selected.

Depending on how to select a surround mode, select the auto surround mode or the manual surround mode.

• Each time this button is pressed, the mode changes as follows :

Auto surround mode : The optimum surround mode will be

("AUTO" lights up.) automatically selected depending on the signal format being input.

Manual surround mode : You can select the desired of different surround modes selectable for the signal being input with using the MULTI CONTROL knob or the SURROUND MODE UP/DOWN ( 〉/〈 ) buttons.

Notes :

Even when the auto surround mode is selected and the same type of digital signal format is being input, the optimum surround mode may vary depending on whether the speaker type is set to "NO" or not.

When the auto surround mode is selected, the surround modes other than the optimum surround mode cannot be selected.

When selecting the manual surround mode with pressing the SURROUND MODE button on the front panel. Select the desired surround mode.

• Each time the MULTI CONTROL knob is rotated or the SURROUND MODE UP / DOWN ( >/< ) buttons are pressed, the surround mode changes depending on the input signal format as follows :

Signal format being input

Selectable surround mode

 

Dolby Digital Plus sources

DOLBY DIGITAL +

 

Dolby TrueHD sources

Dolby TrueHD

 

Dolby Digital EX 6.1 channel sources,

<DOLBY DIGITAL EX, DOLBY D + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DOLBY D + PLIIx MOVIE), DOLBY DIGITAL,

Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sources

DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE

 

Dolby Digital 2 channel sources

<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII MOVIE,

 

DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE

 

DTS-HD High Resolution Audio sources

DTS-HD HI RES

 

DTS-HD Master Audio sources

DTS-HD MSTR

 

DTS ES Discrete/Matrix 6.1 channel

<corresponding DTS ES mode, DTS + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DTS + PLIIx MOVIE), DTS, DOLBY VS REF,

sources

DOLBY VS WIDE

 

DTS sources,

corresponding DTS mode, DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE, <DTS + NEO:6, DTS + PLIIx MUSIC>,

DTS 96/24 sources

(DTS + PLIIx MOVIE)

 

PCM (multi-channel) sources*

MULTI PCM, <DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC>, DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE

 

96 kHz PCM (2 channel) sources**

<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII MOVIE, DOLBY

PCM (2 channel) sources,

PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE, NEO:6 CINEMA, NEO:6

Analog stereo sources

MUSIC, NEURAL, THEATER, HALL, STADIUM, ROOM, PANORAMA, CLASSIC, MULTI-CH STEREO

 

 

 

• Depending on surround back speaker setting, some surround modes can be selected or not as follows:

<>: Possible only when surround back speaker is not set to "NO". [ ] : Possible only when surround back speaker is set to "NO".

( ): Possible only when surround back speaker is set to " 2CH".

* : Depending on the signal format being input, the Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes and the Dolby Virtual Speaker modes may not be selected.

** : While playing 96kHz PCM(2channel) sources, the Neural Surround mode cannot be selected.

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R-872 specifications

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